Word: vitalness
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...familiar with the experience of engaging a worker who is afraid to talk for fear of being fired. For that reason their enduring support has been one of the most remarkable parts of the sit-in so far. And for that reason, their meaningful inclusion in any committee is vital...
...University has often expressed its commitment to the collective bargaining process as the proper way for workers to voice their concerns. I agree with the administration that collective bargaining is vital, and for that reason, I urge it to reexamine the current union contracts, as campus unions have already requested, and to adopt card-check neutrality to employees, a provision that ensures that currently non-unionized workers who wanted to organize could do so without threat from the University and subcontracted firms. But collective bargaining, which occurs only every few years, is no substitute for a sustained engagement between workers...
...wider and more tragic conflict. The fact remains, however, that the Bush administration has not articulated, let alone put into action, any strategy aimed at getting the Middle East peace process back on track. Powell’s reaction was just that, a reaction. The United States has vital national security interests at stake and a peaceful, prosperous Middle East is what our foreign policy should be striving...
...money managers earn annual salaries of over $10 million. But this argument misses the point. While it would be wonderful if Harvard could pay its financial gurus less, doing so wouldn’t give them an adequate incentive to render their services here—services that are vital to Harvard’s academic aims in a way that the labors of individual less-skilled workers...
...living wage campaign raises a vital issue of fairness within the Harvard community. Harvard’s living wage employees should receive a fair wage that enables them to support themselves and their families. Thus the Yard is a particularly appropriate site for assembly and speech in support of the protest...